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To: Jet Jaguar

For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000
http://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-us-minuteman-si-1473483587

I’m thinking that if they reset all the launch codes to 00000000 they could do it successfully with no problem!


24 posted on 12/21/2014 6:26:54 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That’s the same combination that I have on my luggage.


25 posted on 12/21/2014 6:28:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Dont believe everything you read on Gizmodo or Snopes either.
Both are full of crap.
Hydrazine huh.
I was an LGM25C. what’s your connection?


31 posted on 12/21/2014 6:41:24 PM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

No, that was the day to day non-launch setting. The actual unlock codes, half of which were known only to one or the other launch crew member. Two crew members each dialed in their half when valid launch orders were received. Setting zeroes will do nothing. I was a missile launch officer, airborne missile launch officer and involved with nuclear command and control at various levels throughout my career.

By the way, the null setting for the code components was zeroes for many more than 20 years. Also, the split crypto code combinations are regularly changed.


46 posted on 12/21/2014 9:56:50 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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